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The southern cemetery is the burial place of the Meroitic side of the royal family from ca 720 - 300 BCE. Towards the end the cemetery became the main royal burial site for the Kings of Meroe.[2] This cemetery contains several pyramids:[1]

After the southern cemetery was full, the burials continued in the north. This site contains the royal burials of the Kings and Queens of Meroe from ca 300 BCE to about 350 AD.[2] The northern cemetery contains many royal pyramids:[1]